House Minority Leader

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congressional office legislative leadership position party leadership role

The House Minority Leader is the head of the political party with the second-largest number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, responsible for leading the party’s legislative strategy and opposition.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
House Minority Leader canonical 19
House Democratic Leader 2
Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives 2

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf congressional office ⓘ
legislative leadership position ⓘ
party leadership role ⓘ
analogousTo Senate Minority Leader ⓘ
appointedBy minority party caucus or conference in the House ⓘ
associatedWith Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: United States Democratic Party

Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: United States Republican Party
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
chamber lower house of the United States Congress ⓘ
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
constitutionalBasis not explicitly established by the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibleMember sitting member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
hasPart minority party leadership staff ⓘ
inception 19th century (informal development of party floor leaders) ⓘ
influences House legislative agenda from the minority perspective ⓘ
minority party voting strategy on bills and resolutions ⓘ
jurisdiction federal legislative matters considered in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
legalBasis recognized by House rules and party rules ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locationOfWork United States Capitol ⓘ
partyRole leader of the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
positionInHierarchy highest-ranking member of the minority party in the House ⓘ
second in overall House party leadership after the Speaker of the House ⓘ
powerDependsOn institutional rules and norms of the House of Representatives ⓘ
size and cohesion of the minority party caucus ⓘ
reportsTo minority party members in the House of Representatives ⓘ
represents political party with the second-largest number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
residesInSystem two-party political system of the United States ⓘ
responsibility coordinate messaging with the party’s national leadership ⓘ
coordinate opposition to the majority party’s agenda ⓘ
develop and promote the minority party’s policy positions ⓘ
help raise campaign funds for House candidates of the minority party ⓘ
lead minority party legislative strategy ⓘ
manage minority party floor activities ⓘ
negotiate with the Speaker of the House and majority leadership ⓘ
plan legislative tactics for the minority party ⓘ
select or influence assignment of minority party members to committees (subject to party rules) ⓘ
serve as chief spokesperson for the minority party in the House ⓘ
selectionMethod elected by members of the minority party in the House of Representatives ⓘ
termLength serves at the pleasure of the minority party caucus without a fixed constitutional term ⓘ
worksWith House Majority Leader ⓘ
House Minority Whip ⓘ
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Congress → hasLeader → House Minority Leader ⓘ
United States House of Representatives → hasMinorityLeader → House Minority Leader ⓘ
United States House leadership → hasRole → House Minority Leader ⓘ
Gerald Ford → positionHeld → House Minority Leader ⓘ
House Minority Whip → reportsTo → House Minority Leader ⓘ
House Minority Whip → worksWith → House Minority Leader ⓘ
Charles A. Halleck → positionHeld → House Minority Leader ⓘ
House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Chair → worksWith → House Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Democratic Leader
House Republican Conference Chair → worksWith → House Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Minority Leader when Republicans are in the minority
House Democratic Caucus Chair → worksWith → House Minority Leader ⓘ
House Republican Policy Committee Chair → worksWith → House Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Minority Leader (when Republicans are in the minority)
Nancy Pelosi → positionHeld → House Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
Sam Rayburn → positionHeld → House Minority Leader ⓘ
Joseph W. Martin Jr. → positionHeld → House Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
Joseph W. Martin Jr. → partyLeadershipRole → House Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Republican Leader
Tip O'Neill → positionHeld → House Minority Leader ⓘ
Leslie Lynch King Jr. → positionHeld → House Minority Leader ⓘ
DPCC Chair → reportsTo → House Minority Leader ⓘ
John Rhodes → positionHeld → House Minority Leader ⓘ
Halleck → positionHeld → House Minority Leader ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles A. Halleck
Assistant Democratic Leader → reportsTo → House Minority Leader ⓘ
Assistant Democratic Leader → reportsTo → House Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Democratic Leader
Mabel Edith Downs → positionHeld → House Minority Leader ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles A. Halleck
John Boehner → positionHeld → House Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Minority Leader of the United States
Champ Clark → positionHeld → House Minority Leader ⓘ
Pete Sessions → hasRole → House Minority Leader ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Republican leader
Tip → positionHeld → House Minority Leader ⓘ
subject surface form: Tip O'Neill
Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives → composedOf → House Minority Leader ⓘ